Habits Quote by John B. Watson

Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.

— Albert Camus

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

— Henry David Thoreau

The simplest and most satisfactory view is that thought is simply behavior - verbal or nonverbal, covert or overt. It is not some mysterious…

— B. F. Skinner

In Psychology we deal with minds and their processes, and leave out of account as far as possible the objects that we get to…

— Charles D. Broad

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

— Plato

Psychology, as the behaviorist views it, is a purely objective, experimental branch of natural science which needs introspection as little as do the sciences…

— John B. Watson

“In behaviorism, an infant's talents and abilities didn't matter because there was no such thing as a talent or an ability. Watson had banned…

— Steven Pinker

Every man who speaks out loud and clear is tinting the "Zeitgeist." Every man who expresses what he honestly thinks is true is changing…

— Elbert Hubbard

Thinking ... is a soundless dialogue, it is the weaving of patterns, it is a search for meaning. The activity of thought contributes to…

— Vera John-Steiner

A thinker reverses roles and sees the perspectives of others.

— James Cook

“Their thinking challenged many notions that were gospel in psychology and among the general public, such as the behaviorist's view that people do things…

— Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

I believe that one thinks much more soundly if the thoughts arise from direct contact with things, than if one looks at things with…

— Vincent Van Gogh